Book Review: Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi

I really enjoyed Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi. One my my professional development goals for the year was to improve my networking, specifically how to do it in a more systematic and methodical way. I’m pretty good with AQ2people and actually do some outreach pretty regularly, but I don’t have a system.

As Margaret Wheatley said,

“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.”

No one comes more highly recommended than Keith for networking. Working from humble beginnings, he’s created an entire career from Harvard MBA consultant, to CEO, and entrepreneur from primarily this skill. His ability to connect and provide value has let him connect with everyone from Presidents and movie moguls, to CEO’s and celebrities. As Keith says, your network is your net worth, and building it is crucial to your career. This book should really help you get there.

Never Eat Alone was interesting as Keith told the details of his own story along with a lot of interesting and fun anecdotes. It does what most personal development books do and talks a lot about mindset, but it also met one of my greatest pet peeves with personal improvement books. It was SPECIFIC. Keith goes through and provides direct, actionable steps along with process, details, and tools to manage a growing network.

“Who you know determines who you are – how you feel, how you act and what you achieve” – Keith Ferrazzi

This book will most likely make a very short list of business and personal improvements books that are prominent on my shelf and will be referenced and re-read in the future. Check out Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi.

Notes:

Section 1: Mind-Set

Success in Life = The People You Meet + What You Created Together

Poverty is a lack of financial resources but also isolation from the people who could help you make more of yourself.

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